Five Schools Still Open Despite Extremist Fears... And 18 Private Islamic Schools Defy Inspectors Branding Them Unsafe

Dozens of Islamic schools are operating despite being deemed 'unsafe'. Shows that a crackdown on  extremism  in schools has failed to materialise. At one school, pupils were given books about being stoned to death . In another 99 pupils were found to have gone missing or be at risk of exploitation . At least nine Islamic schools have stayed open despite having 'limited or no' music teaching, and 16 do not teach art properly;   . Male and female staff were separated by a screen during meetings at one Islamic school;. Another school was found to be teaching children in buildings infested with pigeons, mice and rats; . Several treat boys and girls 'unequally' and allow sexist views to go unchallenged; . Pupils at one Islamic school said they did not know what Christmas was; . Several schools have been repeatedly rated inadequate with serious failings, but have been allowed to stay open.  . British law ‘undermined’ with books that ‘promote inequality of women and punishments including stoning to death’. School failed to acknowledge a pupil’s ‘explicitly violent picture’ as inappropriate. Year 6 pupils thought France is in Britain, no pupils spoken to knew what an MP is, and some did not know what Christmas is. Screen placed between male and female staff at meetings. Pupils hold stereotypical views on gender, saying women work ‘in care homes, in the kitchen, as nurses … men work as builders, in business, as doctors, accountants, lawyers’. Boarding pupils ‘ill-informed about life outside school’. School lacks basic cleanliness leaving pupils ‘at risk of illness’. Some staff working without any background checks. The outside space is ‘a significant risk to pupils’ safety ’.

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